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Forgeries and fakes of Egyptian modern art are on the rise, and the lack of specific laws protecting art collectors against forgeries is making it difficult to clamp down on the issue, Gracie Brahimy writes for Artlyst. Brahimy takes a look at the personal experience of the Khedrs, the first individuals to raise legal cases […]
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Port Said sentences tops foreign press news on Egypt
Leading the conversation last night in the foreign press on Egypt is the Court of Cassation upholding the death sentences on 10 people convicted in the Port Said Stadium riot. The story is receiving widespread coverage including the New York Times, Washington Post, Reuters, and The Times of Israel who do not add much by […]
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Daesh threats against Coptic Christians receives widespread coverage
Daeshbags’ pledge to “eradicate” Egyptian Christians also getting wide coverage: The foreign press has also expanded its coverage on Daesh Sinai’s propaganda video which we noted yesterday, particularly the group’s threat to eradicate Egypt’s Christian population. Beyond describing the threat and video in lurid detail, the Associated Press ends its coverage by noting criticisms from […]
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Israel, Daesh’s Sinai affiliate engage in skirmishes at the border
Israel, Daesh engage in skirmishes on the border: Meanwhile, justice met Daesh quick after a news agency affiliated with the group reported that four of its members were killed in an Israeli drone strike at the Raffah border on the Egyptian side, Haaretz reports. Wire coverage of the story is getting widespread pickup. This was […]
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Declan Walsh warns of consequences of US listing Ikhwan as terror organization
In Trump Talk of Terror Listing for Muslim Brotherhood Alarms Some Arab Allies New York Times’ Declan Walsh reminds us that the Ikhwan remain a political force throughout the Arab World and warns that a move by the Trump administration to label it a terrorist organization could complicate — at the very least — US […]
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Nadia Abdou named an “iron lady” by La Croix
Newly-appointed Beheira Governor Nadia Abdou has earned the nickname “iron lady,” La Croix International’s Marie Verdie writes. “Even before she became the first female vice-governor in 2013, Abdou was already a pioneer as the first woman to hold a number of positions,” Verdie writes, reciting Abdou’s accomplishments. She adds that through Abdou’s career, she managed […]
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Columnists suggest there was opposition to Dalia Khorshid within the government behind the scenes
Were there people within government trying to sabotage ex-investment minister Dalia Khorshid? Columnist Seliman Gouda suggests so in a piece penned for Al Masry Al Youm in which he praises Khorshid for fending off “those who had been trying to push her out of the ministry” during her 11-month tenure. Gouda says that Khorshid wasn’t […]
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Bassem Youssef condemns discrimination in the West and Middle East, and gets picked on
Bassem Youssef rails against double standard of discrimination: In an interview with Deutsche Welle (watch, runtime 9:00), satirist Bassem Youssef rails against the double standard that pushes some to denounce Trump’s discrimination against Muslims in the US but stand idly by when religious minorities are exposed to the same brand of hate in the Middle […]
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Egypt-France Business Council, Tarek Kabil on investment promotion tour in Paris
An Egyptian delegation from the Egypt-France Business Council kicked off a yesterday a three-day visit to Paris to promote investment opportunities in Egypt, chairman Fouad Younes tells Al Borsa. Trade and Industry Minister Tarek Kabil and GAFO boss Mohamed Khodeir are on the trip. On the agenda are discussions of a shipping line linking Alexandria […]
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Egypt-Egyptian-Lebanese business forum in Beirut this Thursday
An Egyptian-Lebanese business forum will take place in Beirut this Thursday. Lebanese PM Saad El Hariri will open the event, which Investment Minister Sahar Nasr will reportedly attend.